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RAJAT ARORA
Predictions were once being made that coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh would exceed one lakh a day in May . On the contrary , the state has done a phenomenal job by bringing down daily case-count to just 1,497 on May 31 after the 38,000-peak on April 24 . With more than 4.84 crore people having been tested for the coronavirus , the state has been strictly following the tracktreat-test protocol responsible for an impressive 96.6 per cent recovery in active covid cases .
Every day , more than three lakh people are tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus ; Uttar Pradesh became the first state to test 3.7 lakh people a day . Its Triple-T strategy is being effectively implemented in its 97,941 villages . This door-to-door inspection model has helped bring down the case fatality rate , winning applause from WHO . Under this , 1,41,610 teams and 21,242 supervisors have been deployed to ensure that every suspected case is tracked to the last mile .
Each two-member team is responsible for testing covidsymptomatic individuals using Rapid Antigen Test ( RAT ) kits ; those who test positive are isolated and given a medicine kit with clearcut instructions . Since the objective is to eliminate the chain of virus transmission , the Rapid Response Team ( RRT ) also tests all contacts of the covid-positive patients using RT-PCR . This ensures that no contact is left untraced . Irrespective of the falling cases , this strategy
The Triple-T model implemented by the State has brought down the daily positivity rate from 16 per cent to merely 0.5 per cent . Other states must follow suit
Dealing with COVID , the Uttar Pradesh way
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